Locating primary source materials isn't difficult but you need to know where to look, how to search, and capture your images.
What's the difference between Primary and Secondary Sources?
Watch this video from the folks at Common Craft to understand these two distinct source types.
Remember, primary source materials are literally artifacts from the past that have been preserved and are available to us now. Primary sources include:
AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.
If you get stuck or have trouble finding primary sources come to the LMC so we can assist you with searching these and other more specific sources.
Video Tutorials on how to use Save to Google Drive to collect and organize Primary Source materials
Locating primary source materials isn't difficult but you need to know where to look, how to search, and capture your images.
What's the difference between Primary and Secondary Sources?
Watch this video from the folks at Common Craft to understand these two distinct source types.
Remember, primary source materials are literally artifacts from the past that have been preserved and are available to us now. Primary sources include:
Journals
Letters
Diaries
Photographs
Original works of art
Newspapers & magazines from the time period
Documents (e.g., speech, ticket, license, warrant, poster, legislation, etc.)
Maps, Data sets, Charts and Graphs
Physical Objects from the time period
Film, Video, Audio Recordings
Primary Source Collections/Websites
Library of Congress
Chronicling America-Historic American Newspapers
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Smithsonian Collection Search
Wikimedia Commons
National Archives Digital Vault
National Archives
Pixabay
Photo Pin
eHistory Ohio State University (maps & images section)
Popular Collections
Civil War
Pictures of the Civil War
Two Communities During the Civil War-The Valley of the Shadow
Mathew Brady Collection via Flikr and National Archives
US Immigration 1830-1900's
Key search terms: immigrants, immigration, anti-immigration, dates 1830-1900, and specific nationalities (e.g., Irish, Jewish, German, Chinese)American History Online
Student Resource Center Jr.
LOC Prints & Photographs Reading Room
LOC Port of Entry Presentation (follow subject links)
LOC Immigration by Nationality
LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
National Archives Digital Vault
New York Public Library Digital Collection
Immigration to the United States 1851-1900
America in Class-National Humanities Center
TPS-Barat Primary Source Nexus
Immigration: Challenges for New Americans
California Digital Newspaper Collection
Immigrant Voices
Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census
Doc Teach
Scholastic Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today
Irish Immigrant Letters Home
World Wars
Pictures of World War II
From the Awesome Stories About page:
AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.
If you get stuck or have trouble finding primary sources come to the LMC so we can assist you with searching these and other more specific sources.
Video Tutorials on how to use Save to Google Drive to collect and organize Primary Source materials